Thursday, October 20, 2016

Atelier Shallie on Vita is coming west!

And lo, the entire Atelier Dusk trilogy will be on your Vitas!

The Dusk trilogy consists of Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk, Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky and now Atelier Shallie: Alchemist of The Dusk Sea. The Atelier games are light, frothy RPGs. Tons of content and extra stuff to find, but a fairly mellow experience, overall. They star pastel-colored girls and their pastel-colored friends, a few beautiful pastel-colored boys and some colorful, cartoony pastel monsters to kill and pastel pastures to play through. They're terribly pretty games, and I've actually got physical copies of Ayesha and Escha & Logy on Vita.

So here's the deal - the game will be available physically and digitally in Europe, and will primarily release on PSN in North America. If you want a physical copy (pictured above), you can only get it through the NIS America online store. That is, the Atelier Shallie Plus: Alchemist of The Dusk Sea Limited Edition. It includes..!

Atelier Shallie Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea for PlayStation®Vita

30-Track original soundtrack with jewel case

Microfiber cloth (6" x 6")

Full-color, 48-page softcover art book

Collector's box (Includes all the above)

And given my collect-y inclinations... I had to preorder it. Drops January 17, 2017.

Which reminds me, I think I want to get on that Asian release of Dragon Quest Builders...

CHANCE...

...is actually named David.

This is where I write about video games. Beyond the simple pleasure of it, I hope to use this place as a bit of a mental gym to re-develop my writing style - something I seem to have misplaced around the turn of the century.

It will also serve as a personal blog, but for the most part if you enjoy discussion of gaming news, independent reviews and pointless musings, you have come to precisely the right place.

It's my custom to do at least one post per day - but whether it ends up being ten posts of breaking news and a review, or one post complaining about how I have a tummy ache is not set in stone.